The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1887-04-21
From our Special Correspondent

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WASHINGTON, D. c., April 19. 1887.
Everything, socially and politically, has
been very quiet in Washington during
the past few weeks, but with the close oi
the lenten season the city begins to as
sumo renewed activity-in both of these
leading circles.
The Easter services in all the churches
were conducted on large scale-the
floral offerings and music being specially
attractive. The seating capacity of the
charches-especially in the Episcopal
and Catholic Churches-was crowded to
its utmost, and at some churches hun
dreds were turned of for the want OF
even standing room.
Mrs. Senator Vance, of North Carolina,
is probably one of the most popular
ladies among the whole list of Senator
ial families. She has the honor of taking
part at nearly all the Cabinet receptions
and is found with the foremost at almost
every prominent social, charitable and
| literary gathering. She is q remarkably
intelligent and attractive lady and is ever
ready tu make herself useful as well as
agreeable to those about her. She is
vice president of the ladies' historical
society of Washingt IN and at its last
meeting few days ago read very en-
tertaining and graceful poem.
The Presidents wife, with her mother
Mrs. Folsom, are spending the Spring
months at the Presidents country hone,
Oak View, which is about three miles
from the White House. This is a very
pretty ttage home, huilt of stone, and
is located on a beautiful eminence from
which there is magnificent birds eye
view of Georgetown, Washington and
the surrounding country. The President
goes out every night and by eight o'clock
next morning his carriage is before the
door ready to carry him to the daily
routine work of the executive mansion
The political needle of the Democratic
party seems to bear heavily towards Mr..
Cleveland for a second term. The in
dications from all sections now are that
he will be renominated, but if he wishes
this feeling to grow into any thing like a
boom" he will have to use the veto
power during the next Congress with
marked discretion and make a free
application of the political pruning knife
to the various departments now control
ed by Republicans.
The next important event to occur
in this citv is that of the National Drill,
which will take place from the goth to
the Both OF May. All necessary arrange
ments are being effected to make it a
grand affair. A very important point in
favor of its success was the recent decis-
ion Of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission granting very cheap rates by rail
road. 1t is expected there will be about
IL 70 lob = N
drill. 1 am glad to know that North
Carolina will be we'll represented. Gen.
Johnstone Jones was in the city recently
and said there would be several good
companies from the State here. The
managing secretary, Mr.. DeLeon, has
just received telegram from Capt. E. B.
Englehard of Raleigh stating that his
company, the Governors Guards, would
compete for prizes The Governors of
nineteen States have signifed their in
tention to be present. There will be a
great many intere ting features connec-
ted with the drill-one of the most at
tractive will De the nightly fireworks, the
most prominent of which will be rep
resentation of the fight between those
two celebrated war boats, the Monitor
and the Merrimac.
There will be another test case before
the Supreme Court in q few days in
regard to drummers selling goods with
out license. A salesman was arrested
and committed to Jail for selling without
license, but afterwards released by writ
of habeas corpus. The case will be car
ried to the highest tribunal at once, and
the decision will be further evidence in
favor or against the Foster case set aside
in Wilmington not long since by Judge
| MeaFes,
President Cleveland has accepted an
invitation to attend the Piedmont Fair
to be held in the city of Atlanta next fall.
With all the push, vim, enterprise and
prosperity of Ashevil think she ought
to invite him TO spend one day in that
beautiful hill city, and if he accepts this
hospitality am sure he will not veto the
next Court House bill that passes Con-
gress. Perhaps the first move towards
securing his presence in your midst
would be that of gaining the consent Of
Capt. Matt Atkinson.
Mr. James S Battle, a special agent OF
the Revenue Department with headquar-
ters at Philadelphia, was in Washington
this week. on his return from visit to
his home in North Carolina He thinks
of moving his family to this city. ! ask
ed him the condition of revenue matters
in the Old North State and he replied in
/ the language of DIR, Blacknall late pro.
prietor of the YarborOugh Hotel and
| Raleigh "Colonel" factory: "The block
ade smoke is getting further from the
road"
Miss Nal Haywood. one of Raleigh'E
charming young ladies and grand-daugh
tier of the late VIM. II. Haywood, U. S
Senator during the 2Sth and 29th Con
crosses, is in Washington, visiting heI
i brother, E, G. Haywood, law clerk in
the First Comptroller's Office. She will
i return to Oswego. N. Y, this week al
u which place she has been visiting rela
u tiVes for several months.
4 Messrs. ]. T. Murphy, of Duplin coun
ty, and Geo. McCorkle, of Catawba. are
confined to their rooms with sickness
Both have positions here in the Treas
ury Department.
Mr.. ]. w. Wa ker, formerly of Hicko
~ but for several years past manager o
the Oak City Manufacturing Compan!
of Raleigh, is, in the cltv on his brida
tour-he having married a few days ag
Miss Upchurch, daughter of Mr.. Alfre'
: UpchuFch of Raleigh.
!, There were I27 applicants for the Ii
berian Mission made vacant some tim
since by the death of Minister Hopkins
The place was given to young colore
TAYLOR. Two Kansas millionaires wen
lon his bond of $4,000. Hopkin
} was a prominent colored man OF Mort
Carolina.
The citizens of your Oongressionl
Idistrict have but little idea of the WoT
, accomplished by your member, Co
s | To1,,,sf<,S, .1rris1o fha last Cnn0raa